Hey buddy,
Whether Lordaeron or Icecrown, here is the gear I go for as soon as I hit 80.
First thing I usually do is run ToC5 to get Banner of Victory trinket. (Although it got ARP, but AP proc is still good).
On top of that, ToC5n also drops the following gear pieces:
- Tanking plate legs (for Prot OS - will explain later why)
- Plate chest
- Tanking plate gloves
- Tanking plate boots
- Str cape
- Black Heart - tanking trinket.
The reason why some tank gear is important, is to farm RDF HC. Tanks get almost instant queues. With tank spec & 1/3 tank gear, you can still tank 11/13 RDF HC (except for PoS HC last boss & HoR HC)
Farm EoTs as tank and spend it all onto your DPS T9 set 4/5.
Helm - offset 245 75 EoT
Shoulder Set - 30 EoT
Chest Set - 50 EoT
Hands Set - 30 EoT
Legs Set - 50 EoT.
Ring_1: Comes from ICC Reputation Farm.
Ring_2: Second ring comes from EoT - 35 EoT.
Back is touch - PoS N drops 219 back w/ Agility. Save up 50 EoF to get 264 one.
Trinket_2: Can be 50 EoT one.
Weapon: PoS HC drops 2h Axe 232 ilvl.
Once you hit 4.2ish, try to get into ToC10 group. But usually, with Just RDFs you can reach 5k'ish.